Murket Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Murket Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murket Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya161:2,886,24437,784
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
England11:55,718,059489,080
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Murket Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Murket Come From? nationality or country of origin

Murket (Russian: Муркет) is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Murket click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murket? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,876,555th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Murket live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 43 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Murket is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 2,886,244. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kajiado County, where 25 percent live, Narok County, where 25 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 25 percent live. Excluding Kenya Murket is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 35 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 24 percent live.

Murket Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Murket has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Murket last name fell 86 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Murket Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murkett92251/
Murkets921/
Murkette8611/
Murkit8356/
Morket838/
Murkitt7751/
Mourcet7722/
Murchet7713/
Murcett775/
Meurcet773/
Murkite772/
Morkett771/
Murkait771/
Mourquet711/
Mirkit6742/
Murcit671/
Mürkit671/
Murched6242/
Morkhed622/
Murkhid621/
Murquit621/
Mourched5778/
Murquite5747/
Murquist575/
Moorkead570/
Morkid502/

Murket Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murket in the Russian language
Муркетmurket-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Murket
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